Planning for the next stage of your life is one of the many things that people in committed relationships look forward to. We have seen people go all out to make it memorable while others take it simple.
Regardless of how you choose to ask your better half to spend the rest of their life with you, here are great proposal ideas you can do at home.
Proposal Ideas at Home That Are Memorable
1. Romantic Dinner
Making a romantic meal at home involves preparing something special and creating the right atmosphere. For starters, the meal should be considerate of your partner’s favorite food which you can order or prepare from scratch.
You can propose before or after the meal. Just make sure you pick the hints and take the right moment.
2. Breakfast in Bed
You can also prepare and serve your significant order breakfast in bed, They would not think of a proposal when they see pancakes, juice, coffee, and bacon on a tray.
However, your idea will reveal itself when they feel a ring while cutting the pancake. At this point, you can pop the question and hopefully, you will GET A YES.
3. Game Night
If you like playing games, then proposing during game night will not give them an idea of what is about to happen. You can play a game you both love or create one.
Take note of how things are going and at the right time, you should get down on one knee and ask them to marry you.
4. A Stay-at-Home Proposal
A scene from the 2005 remake of Pride and Prejudice where Mr. Darcy(Matthew Macdadyen) tells Elizabeth(Keira Bennet) that she has ‘bewitched’ him gives an idea that you can just pop the question while at home.
Say you can take a day off work and decide to spend the whole day together and enjoy each other’s company.
At the right time, ask your significant other if they want to spend the rest of their life beside each other and wake up next to each other.
5. Plan a Surprise Party at Home
A surprise party at home can be a great way to propose to your partner.
To take away their thoughts from a pending engagement, you can get a close friend of theirs to be with them on the day. They will help to coordinate their activities and ensure they show up for the surprise party.
You may be wondering why the surprise. It turns out that surprise is a great way of adding spice to life and a good way of getting new knowledge.
6. Invite Everyone to Dinner
Aside from having a surprise party, you can use that family gathering to propose. It could be a gathering to celebrate a birthday, a promotion at work, an anniversary, Christmas, Thanksgiving, or just a gathering for drinks.
Whatever the case, just be sure that your significant other will be comfortable with having people there. Added to this, you should enlist the help of other people attending the party and ensure that they all participate in organizing the memorable event and keep everything a secret.
7. Gardening
Lovers of growing their vegetables or spending time arranging their flowers and lawns will consider the garden an awesome idea. It is all about spending time in a spot in your home where both of you are in tune.
Aside from your plants being a part of the idea, it is a shared moment of doing what you love while planning for the future of the relationship.
For tips, you can plant the ring in her favorite flower pots and ask her to check something in it. Also, add fairy tale lights and sky lanterns to your backyard if it is in the summer.
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8. Create a Special Playlist
A playlist is usually a list of your favorite songs. For some, they have a playlist for different moods. As it is this is where creating a special playlist comes in. Make a list of songs that celebrate your relationship or remind you of milestones.
Make it an unforgettable experience by getting on one knee when a song like Jason Derulo’s Marry Me starts playing. If you think the mood is not right, you can allow the playlist to continue playing. Some great songs to include in your special playlist include;
- A Thousand Year-David Hodges
- On Bended Knee-Boyz II Men
- Marry Me-Train
- All of Me-John Legend
- Marry You-Bruno Mars
- Thinking Out Loud-Ed Sheeran
9. A Home Deco Set-Up
A home proposal could be something as simple as a deco which will have Will You Marry Me written somewhere. As it is, this is an idea that is trendy and quite easy for many.
Moreso, you can do it within a budget. Other easy ways of having a setup like this could be;
- Write ‘Will You Marry Me?’ on a sticky note and place it either on the fridge or where they will see it
- Using petals to write ‘will you marry me?’ on the bed
- designing a placard with the words
10. Involve Your Pet
Having your pet help you ask such a deep question is a perfect way to plan a proposal at home. You can get a pet collar ring box.
Aside from being such a stylish and breathtaking view seeing a precious ring hanging off your dog or cat’s neck, the memory will remain in your mind for a long time to come.
